Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 00:09:27 -0700 From: "Eric Rosenberry" <eric@rosenberry.org> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Linksys Wireless Cards (WPC11) Message-ID: <GLEOKLAKEIBLAAKKFHEIMEBKCDAA.eric@rosenberry.org>
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So I finally got around to buying myself an 802.11b wireless setup. Linksys just released their new base station, which includes a wireless bridge, a 4-port 100-megabit switch and a 10-megabit port to hook it to a cable modem/dsl line (it has a NAT built in to it) all for $220! They also dropped the price on the PCMCIA cards to $105 (at buy.com)!!! Anyway, on to my question: Do these cards work in freebsd? The box says they use the Intersil HFA3841/HFA3842 chip sets. A quick search of the freebsd docs and mailing lists turned up no hits on linksys wireless cards. I don't suppose I am lucky enough for them to use the same drivers as the aironet cards or the lucent ones? If there are no current drivers for them I would love to see freebsd pick up support for them as they are the lowest price somewhat name brand cards on the market! I have been very happy with Linksys products in the past, very simple yet elegant design in the hardware and the software. Any help/suggestions are appreciated! P.S. For those of you that are interested here are the links to the specs for the cards and base station. Note that you could also buy a PCI adaptor to use one of the PCMCIA cards in a desktop FreeBSD machine and use it as your router instead of buying the base station. The base station model is BEFW11S4 (price at buy.com $219.95 including free shipping) http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=173&grid=19 http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10273558&loc=273 The PCMCIA wireless card model is WPC11 (price at buy.com $104.95) http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=156&grid=19 http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?loc=101&sku=10259367 -Eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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